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- Wine And Roommates
Some of you veteran OWF readers may dimly remember that I write for other publications. Some of you may also remember that I occasionally write for this one. Ha ha. Yesterday, my article about managing roommates and wine tastes appeared in the San Francisco...
- Tete De Cuvee Rose Tasting
As a wine writer, I get invited to a lot of tastings. As a person with a full-time job, I don’t go to all of them. I disregard some, hope to make some — and then can’t — and occasionally find myself at one. Then there are the tastings...
- Heft A Hefeweizen In The Chronicle
I love it when an editor assigns me a topic I don't know much about and asks me to research it. I like to learn, and that type of piece gives me an excuse to explore something outside my ken. A few weeks ago, if you had asked me about hefeweizen,...
- Achewood Had Dinner At Alinea
Or so I assume from today's comic strip about molecular gastronomy, complete with gratuitous quote marks. via Phil...
- Wtn: 2003 Cascavel "le Vin", Côtes Du Ventoux
I've decided to start posting wine tasting notes as specific posts here on OWF. Why? Why not. Who cares? Probably no one. But seriously, good tasting notes are rare. That hit home as I read David Schildknecht's tasting notes about German wines...
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Well Beyond Cherries and Violets
I find the average wine tasting note to be boring, and I constantly strive to write better descriptions. David Schildknecht has served as my model until now, but I'm tempted to try my nose at erotic wine tasting, like Ray in this Achewood comic strip.
Mildly risque—perhaps crude is a better word—if such things bother you.
Thanks to Phil for the link
- Wine And Roommates
Some of you veteran OWF readers may dimly remember that I write for other publications. Some of you may also remember that I occasionally write for this one. Ha ha. Yesterday, my article about managing roommates and wine tastes appeared in the San Francisco...
- Tete De Cuvee Rose Tasting
As a wine writer, I get invited to a lot of tastings. As a person with a full-time job, I don’t go to all of them. I disregard some, hope to make some — and then can’t — and occasionally find myself at one. Then there are the tastings...
- Heft A Hefeweizen In The Chronicle
I love it when an editor assigns me a topic I don't know much about and asks me to research it. I like to learn, and that type of piece gives me an excuse to explore something outside my ken. A few weeks ago, if you had asked me about hefeweizen,...
- Achewood Had Dinner At Alinea
Or so I assume from today's comic strip about molecular gastronomy, complete with gratuitous quote marks. via Phil...
- Wtn: 2003 Cascavel "le Vin", Côtes Du Ventoux
I've decided to start posting wine tasting notes as specific posts here on OWF. Why? Why not. Who cares? Probably no one. But seriously, good tasting notes are rare. That hit home as I read David Schildknecht's tasting notes about German wines...